And neither was Schoenberg's fourteen-player reduction of the mammoth orchestral score, which was meant to be performed in a large living room, not Avery Fisher Hall.
They want a deal similar to the one the N.F.L. and N.B.A. owners got last year after locking out their players: a reduction in the players' share of earnings to about 50 percent – lower, if they can get it.
He said he wanted to increase the playing time of Nate Robinson and Danilo Gallinari, and he would prefer to play just nine players, a reduction from Wednesday's 10.
"We indicated to them that for a couple of different reasons it didn't look to us like it was the way to go," he said, adding that the biggest reason was that "all of the revenue-sharing payments, both the new ones and the existing ones, would be paid for by player salary reductions".
The musicians and management have been seeking to agree on terms through a mediator since the players rejected reductions in their ranks and then large pay cuts.
The owners have asked for a 24 percent cut in players' salaries, a reduction greater than those agreed to by N.F.L. and N.B.A. players in 2011 after lockouts in those leagues.
"MAKE WHOLE" PROVISION: The league proposes to make players "whole" for the absolute reduction in players' share dollars (when compared to 2011/12).
The Premier League's wage inflation and collective debt of £3.5bn are at least offset by rising television money but in the second tier, where Deloitte sees a colossal 88 per cent of revenue going on players, a 25 per cent reduction in live television rights from the beginning of the 2012-13 spells seriousserious danger.
On salary reduction, players offered to cut $500 million over the next five years (their share of BRI would be reduced from 57 to 54.3 percent).
Because of deviation from NE would lead to reduction of player's profit, none of the players has motivation to reject this strategy.
The deal, which was agreed on in principle several weeks ago, includes a 12 percent reduction in player salaries, a limit to the length of player contracts and a host of other changes designed to shrink the gap between the strongest and weakest teams.
